Which to use
“feel” is a verb and “feels” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #201
- “feel” frequency rank
- #1,338
- “feels” frequency rank
- 1539
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | feel | feels |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To use or experience the sense of touch. | plural of feel, sensory perceptions that mainly or solely involve the sense of touch |
Where the eye mixes feel and feels
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: feel is /fiːl/ while feels is /fiːlz/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “feel” sits inside “feels”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1539, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
feel is recorded at frequency rank #201, classified as averb, pronounced /fiːl/. feels is at rank #1,338, tagged as anoun, pronounced /fiːlz/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 1539, this pair ranks #527,220 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of feel vs feels
Shared letters: efl. Private to "feel": -. Private to "feels": s.
"feel" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "feels" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC